Biosorption of Trivalent Chromium from Aqueous Solution by Red Seaweed Polysiphonia nigrescens英文文献资料.docVIP

Journal of Water Resource and Protection, 2011, 3, 832-843 doi:10.4236/jwarp.2011.311093 Published Online November 2011 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/jwarp) Biosorption of Trivalent Chromium from Aqueous Solution by Red Seaweed Polysiphonia nigrescens Patricia Blanes Masafumi Harada Héctor Prado 1 , Luis Sala 1* , Silvia García 1 , Juan González 1 , María Frascaroli , 1 2 , Cong Cong 4 3 , Yasuhiro Niwa 5 5 , Adriana Cortadi , Martha Gattuso 3 , Cristina Matulewicz 4 , 1 National University of Rosario, Rosario, Argentina Faculty of Human Life and Environment, Nara Women’s University, Nara, Japan Photon Factory, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Japan Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina Faculty of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, National University of Rosario, Rosario, Argentina E-mail: sala@.ar, garcia@.ar Received September 9, 2011; revised October 5, 2011; accepted November 4, 2011 2 3 4 5 * Abstract This paper presents the biosorption of chromium onto red seaweed (Polysiphonia nigrescens). Batch mode experiments were performed to determine experimental parameters affecting sorption process such as pH, contact time, initial metal ion concentration and biomass dosage. The Cr(III) sorption was dependent on pH and adsorbent dosage. The adsorption kinetic data could be fitted with a pseudo-second-order model and the equilibrium data with a Langmuir model. The maximum sorption capacity was of 16.11 mg/g at pH 4 and 10 g/L of biomass dosage. 0.1 M H2SO4 showed good desorption efficiency (80%). Spectroscopy analysis showed that Cr(III) sorption on seaweed was mainly through the ion-exchange mechanism. This report indi- cates that P. nigrescens is an effective and economical sorbent for removal of Cr(III) from wastewaters. Keywords: Seaweed Polysiphonia nigrescens, Biosorption, Chromium, Isotherms,